Partnership Brief. Cofinancing with Spain

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1 Partnership Brief Cofinancing with Spain

2 Contents 3 Defining the Partnership 5 Project Portfolio 6 Highlights Boxes and Tables 4 Organizational Structure 7 Trust Funds 2011 Asian Development Bank All rights reserved. Published Printed in the Philippines. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term country in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ADB encourages printing or copying information exclusively for personal and noncommercial use with proper acknowledgment of ADB. Users are restricted from reselling, redistributing, or creating derivative works for commercial purposes without the express, written consent of ADB. Note: In this publication, $ refers to US dollars.

3 3 Defining the Partnership Through its steady support for several ADB-administered development funds, the Government of Spain has provided financing for important ADB projects that promote clean energy and improve water-related infrastructure throughout Asia and the Pacific. Despite facing a tight budget in the wake of the financial crisis, like many other donor countries, Spain has recently replenished funds in the ADB-administered Water Financing and Clean Energy Partnership Facilities, helping to maintain the flow of assistance to projects at crucial moments. It also recently stocked up financing to the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance. Spain s official development assistance reached about 0.47% of gross national income in 2010 (about 4.2 billion), but it plans to reduce the proportion to 0.4% by This is nonetheless still considerably higher than many other donor countries. And the government aims to maintain the momentum of strategic engagement with its financing partners. It also provides secondees to ADB, with four currently at headquarters. ADB collaborates with Spain s Ministry of Economy and Finance, which in Asia focuses on middle low income countries that can benefit most from Spanish experience.(see Organizational Structure on page 4 and map on page 6.) Spain has recently replenished funds in the Water and Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facilities

4 4 Partnership Brief Organizational Structure Spain s international development assistance is implemented by three ministries: Ministry of Economy and Finance Responsible for coordinating Spanish development cooperation with all international financial institutions, including the Asian Development Bank, through the Department for Multilateral Financial Institutions, which is under the Directorate- General for International Finance. Priority sectors include infrastructure (particularly renewable energy and railways), urban development, water and sanitation, and flood management, among others. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Designs international development cooperation policy. The main pillar is the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), which decides, manages, and implements policies and programs for development cooperation. Legislation recently approved opens the possibility for AECID to contribute to trust funds of multilateral development banks in the following sectors: health, education, food security, climate change, gender, agriculture, rural development, and other funds in support of fragile or conflict-affected states. Furthermore, this new legislation enables AECID to enter into risk capital vehicles, equity or quasi equity, and other forms of support, particularly focused on small enterprises including microfinance, in accordance with the priorities of the Spanish Cooperation Director Plan AECID channels grants to Asia through technical cooperation offices in several Asian countries. Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Foreign Trade The Directorate-General for Foreign Trade is responsible for tied development assistance implemented through concessional loans and grants for feasibility studies. Development cooperation is implemented through COFIDES (providing financial support for private direct investment projects overseas) and CESCE (export credit agency). Both the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Economy and Finance are supported, in matters related to development assistance in Asia, by the economic and commercial sections of the Spanish Embassies in the People s Republic of China, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, and Australia for matters related to the Pacific countries. In all matters regarding international financial institutions and multilateral development banks, both departments, AECID and the Directorate-General for Foreign Trade, work under the leadership of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. AFP ImageForum

5 5 Project Portfolio Spain provides the bulk of its cofinancing to projects from commercial sources. On the official side, it channels much of its support through various initiatives and trust funds (see page 8). 1 In 2010, for example, Spain upped its commitment to the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance, adding another $701,550, bringing its total to $8.33 million. The fund was set up in 2001 to provide technical assistance to projects in the areas of roads, energy, urban infrastructure (water supply, sanitation, waste management, and transport), rural infrastructure (roads, power, irrigation, and water management), the financial sector, and railways. In its latest contribution Spain asked that preference be given to financing of projects in its priority countries to support energy, infrastructure, urban development, water and sanitation, flood management, and transport. Financing Partnership Facilities Spain also recently raised its contributions to two financing 1 The following discussion presents a selection of recent cofinancing. It is not a comprehensive list. partnership facilities, a relatively new modality providing umbrellalike cofinancing arrangements that can include single- and multidonor trust funds, loan cofinancing through framework agreements, guarantees, and knowledge products. For the ADB-administered Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF), Spain contributed an additional $5.0 million in 2009, bringing its total to $10.0 million. The WFPF provides important support to ADB s Water Financing Program and helps leverage significant funding for projects providing safe drinking water, better sanitation, flood control, as well as more efficient irrigation and drainage throughout Asia and the Pacific. So far it has helped support project preparation that is ultimately expected to leverage over $4.0 billion in additional water investments. Projects now supported by the WFPF are eventually expected to benefit close to 50 million people. Spain contributes to the WFPF s Multi-Donor Trust Fund, which also includes Australia, Austria, and Norway. Combined with the single-donor Netherlands Trust Fund, the two funds have secured commitments of about $48 million for the WFPF. Clean Energy and Carbon Funds Spain also doubled its funding for the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility (CEFPF), adding $5.0 million in 2009, bringing its total commitment to $10 million. The multidonor CEFPF was established in 2006 with an initial funding target of $100 million. It is made up of three funds: the multidonor Clean Energy Fund supported by the governments of Australia, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, the single-donor Asian Clean Energy Fund supported by Japan, and the newly established Carbon Capture and Storage Fund supported by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute of the Government of Australia. In 2010, the CEFPF allocated about $36 million to 34 projects, raising the cumulative total to about $64 million for 69 projects. It has been an important catalyst for meeting ADB s annual target of $2 billion in clean energy investments by Overall, its projects have helped leverage $547.8 million in clean energy investments around the region and are expected

6 6 Highlights Direct value-added (DVA)* cofinancing as of end- December 2010 Investment projects: $54.7 million in cofinancing for five projects, including: Official: $0.35 million Commercial: $54.35 million** Technical assistance: $9.82 million for 17 projects. Georgia Non-DVA cofinancing Official: $6.96 million Commercial: $80.36 million Grants: $14.20 million *Direct value-added cofinancing is cofinancing with contractual or collaborative arrangements. Under contractual cofinancing ADB assumes financial, fiduciary, and/or administrative responsibilities. Collaborative cofinancing imposes no contractual obligations on either ADB or the financing partner, but requires close coordination during processing and implementation of the project, with proper documentation. ** Includes a $36.0 million B-loan, which has an ADB guarantee. People s Republic of China India Philippines Viet Nam Focus countries Indonesia Gross bilateral official development assistance (% of gross national income): % % By sector: Production Education, Health, and Population Other Social Infrastructure Economic Infrastructure Multisector Program Assistance Debt Relief Humanitarian Aid Unspecified Source: OECD/DAC. %

7 to contribute 6.1 terawatt-hours of energy savings and 5.1 million tons of carbon dioxide per year of emission reductions. Spain also contributed $30 million at the establishment of the Asia Pacific Carbon Fund in 2006, which aims to acquire future flows of certified emission reduction (CER) credits on behalf of participants, in return for upfront cofinancing payments. The fund now has commitments totaling $151.8 million, with Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland also participating. Along with the Future Carbon Fund, the Asia Pacific Carbon Fund is unique in that it increases the viability of greenhouse gas mitigation projects by providing finance at the most critical stage during project preparation and implementation. It provides an upfront payment against the purchase of between 25% and 50% of CERs expected to be generated by each project up to The remaining 50% 75% of the CERs may be purchased by the fund on a payon-delivery basis or sold freely by the project sponsors in the market (including through the Credit Marketing Facility). Making these upfront payments instead of the standard payment-on-delivery method helps reduce the initial heavy capital constraints involved in projects and stimulate new investment. In addition, it cofinances projects with ADB, providing additional resources over and above those that ADB can provide on its own. This can help in closing project financing gaps by partially securitizing the carbon credits that would accrue to the clean energy project. The result is more fully financed and commissioned clean development mechanism projects. Project Portfolio 7 Infrastructure in Georgia In 2010 Spain also provided two project-specific technical assistance cofinancing grants in support of ADB projects in Georgia. The first, with $850,000, will help prepare the Regional Power Transmission Enhancement Project, which will improve power transmission from Ksani to the border with Armenia and from Gardabani to the border with Azerbaijan. The second project-specific grant, of $800,000, will help the Georgian government improve the delivery of water supply and sanitation by setting up legal, economic, and financial frameworks for local selfgovernance (under the project Developing a Geospatial Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Utility). Trust Funds Year of Agreement Facility/Agreement Amount ($) a Status end Total Agreement Establishing the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance 2006 Asia Pacific Carbon Fund Multi-Donor Trust Fund with Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland as co-contributors) Total Total Water Financing Partnership Facility (Multi-Donor Trust Fund with Australia, Austria, and Norway as co-contributors) Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility (Multi-Donor Trust Fund with Australia, Norway, and Sweden as co-contributors) 2,000,000 3,000,000 2,631, ,550 8,332,750 Available for commitment: $0.800 million 30,000,000 Available for commitment $142.5 million b 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Available for commitment: $0.660 million b Available for commitment: $0.400 million b a US dollar amounts are approximate equivalents at the time of contribution. b Inclusive of contributions from other bilateral sources. This is net of pipeline projects with endorsed financing from the fund and the related administrative charges.

8 Partnership Brief Cofinancing with Spain The Partnership Brief series, compiled by the Asian Development Bank s Office of Cofinancing Operations, presents key details of cofinancing with ADB s main development partners. About the Asian Development Bank ADB s vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Despite the region s many successes, it remains home to two-thirds of the world s poor: 1.8 billion people who live on less than $2 a day, with 903 million struggling on less than $1.25 a day. ADB is committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Based in Manila, ADB is owned by 67 members, including 48 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance. For further information, please contact: Asian Development Bank Office of Cofinancing Operations Tadashi Kondo - Head Georges Heinen - Senior Advisor Hua Du - Director Karen Decker - Principal Financing Partnerships Specialist, Europe Partners Team Gia Heeyoung Hong - Financing Partnerships Specialist, Europe Partners Team Angel Diez Fraile - Financing Partnerships Specialist, Europe Partners Team 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines Publication Stock No. ARM Printed on recycled paper. Printed in the Philippines